MOBILE OIL SANDS MINING SYSTEM

摘要

A process line and method for mining and transporting ore, such as oil sands ore, from a mine site using a mobile conveyor. In one exemplary embodiment, the method involves locating the mobile conveyor near a mine face, a discharge end of the mobile conveyor being located in communication with a discharge point; excavating a section of ore within operational reach of the mobile conveyor along the length of the mobile conveyor; repeatedly advancing the mobile conveyor through an operational arc generally about the discharge end to locate and extract additional sections of ore within operational reach along the length of the conveyor; and relocating the mobile conveyor to locate the discharge end in communication with a new discharge point located near the perimeter of the operational arc.